Submissions by chump
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
My anger, like a shield, must be penetrated to see the real me unless I am only more of the same...
SELF POEM
Published
6th Oct 2014 2:02pm
6th Oct 2014 2:02pm
distance
a separate entity
comfortable alone
seeking no identity
an empty vicinity
no foreign light shone
solitaire ability
comfortable alone
seeking no identity
an empty vicinity
no foreign light shone
solitaire ability
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
6th Oct 2014 00:25am
6th Oct 2014 00:25am
counterpart
I in the deepest empty see
no need for sypm or empathy
no reason for re or interaction
from my distrust you're of no distraction
our separate lives are a matter of faction
no need for sypm or empathy
no reason for re or interaction
from my distrust you're of no distraction
our separate lives are a matter of faction
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SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
5th Oct 2014 11:56pm
5th Oct 2014 11:56pm
names
the world is really turning
that we're wrong, we keep learning
but ignorant's torch is still burning
zeus and apollo have both said goodbye
too hard to swallow but your god's in the sky
we out grow santa and the easter bunny
we can't beat religion it's about control and money
he put us here, he isn't there
we disagree, we better start to care
condemned, converted, killed
in his one name or another
quasi-righteous rivers spilled
for the sake of the father slaughter your brother
...
that we're wrong, we keep learning
but ignorant's torch is still burning
zeus and apollo have both said goodbye
too hard to swallow but your god's in the sky
we out grow santa and the easter bunny
we can't beat religion it's about control and money
he put us here, he isn't there
we disagree, we better start to care
condemned, converted, killed
in his one name or another
quasi-righteous rivers spilled
for the sake of the father slaughter your brother
...
677 reads
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
5th Oct 2014 3:18pm
5th Oct 2014 3:18pm
va
blinded or broken
for freedom they've spoken
now mocked by the stairs
in walkers or wheelchairs
good times and glories
brighten their stories
of strength and of courage they all deserve telling
but most are here for the pain and the swelling
thousands of saviors just trying not to die
even the devil, a tear in her eye
not in this country there should be no why
their health care is a wreck
it's time for our hands on their deck
we the people
squeezing
the government's neck
for freedom they've spoken
now mocked by the stairs
in walkers or wheelchairs
good times and glories
brighten their stories
of strength and of courage they all deserve telling
but most are here for the pain and the swelling
thousands of saviors just trying not to die
even the devil, a tear in her eye
not in this country there should be no why
their health care is a wreck
it's time for our hands on their deck
we the people
squeezing
the government's neck
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
4th Oct 2014 11:01pm
4th Oct 2014 11:01pm
purpose
born doomed
soul is
groomed
then consumed
die as
planned
their machine
you manned
flames of change
need fanned
soul is
groomed
then consumed
die as
planned
their machine
you manned
flames of change
need fanned
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SELF POEM
Published
4th Oct 2014 10:59pm
4th Oct 2014 10:59pm
medication
these words can't be mine
they sound from a mind
that's health is not fine
they're full of help
and hope
and sorrow and rope
it's hard to tell
if the writer can or can't
cope
does he need prosac
or just a fat sack
of dope
maybe i should try it
i wish the voices would
quiet
one says i should feast
one says i should daint
one says you're a saint, you filthy beast
they sound from a mind
that's health is not fine
they're full of help
and hope
and sorrow and rope
it's hard to tell
if the writer can or can't
cope
does he need prosac
or just a fat sack
of dope
maybe i should try it
i wish the voices would
quiet
one says i should feast
one says i should daint
one says you're a saint, you filthy beast
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UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
4th Oct 2014 2:57pm
4th Oct 2014 2:57pm
begin
who's to say
who knows the way
who chose today
who's will is to stay
who'll keep temptation away
who's opinion won't sway
who's moment can't delay
it's me
hooray
who knows the way
who chose today
who's will is to stay
who'll keep temptation away
who's opinion won't sway
who's moment can't delay
it's me
hooray
692 reads
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SELF POEM
Published
3rd Oct 2014 11:41pm
3rd Oct 2014 11:41pm
mine
i despise
my own tears
i disguise
my own fears
i reprise
my own years
my own heart
disapears
my own future
clears
my own end
nears
my own tears
i disguise
my own fears
i reprise
my own years
my own heart
disapears
my own future
clears
my own end
nears
670 reads
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
3rd Oct 2014 11:39pm
3rd Oct 2014 11:39pm
some
i want to see faces
with no traces
of the places
their from
you're from here
i'm from there
this isn't fair
it's dumb
my castle is tall
your portion is small
get against the wall
you bum
we shouldn't use pigment
to lable indignant
our souls get malignant
and numb
if we could build paradise
it would have to be nice
don't even think twice
just come
violence will stall
predjudice will fall
there will be justice for all
not some
with no traces
of the places
their from
you're from here
i'm from there
this isn't fair
it's dumb
my castle is tall
your portion is small
get against the wall
you bum
we shouldn't use pigment
to lable indignant
our souls get malignant
and numb
if we could build paradise
it would have to be nice
don't even think twice
just come
violence will stall
predjudice will fall
there will be justice for all
not some
679 reads
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
3rd Oct 2014 1:57pm
3rd Oct 2014 1:57pm
green
the moon, the skies
these distant things, that have our eyes
we should adjust, our gaze
end our unjust. ways
limited, are our final days
look around, focus down
or in the earth's wrath, we will drown
technology proud
egotistic and loud
our nature, to over-crowd
toxic pollution
no action towards solution
the food chain needs, a new revolution
for all these years, earth met life's every need
but it can't keep up, with human greed
we'll graze it down, to the very last seed
these distant things, that have our eyes
we should adjust, our gaze
end our unjust. ways
limited, are our final days
look around, focus down
or in the earth's wrath, we will drown
technology proud
egotistic and loud
our nature, to over-crowd
toxic pollution
no action towards solution
the food chain needs, a new revolution
for all these years, earth met life's every need
but it can't keep up, with human greed
we'll graze it down, to the very last seed
718 reads
2 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
3rd Oct 2014 1:54pm
3rd Oct 2014 1:54pm
plural
the human races
color
separates us
infuriates us
words
divide us
suicide us
violence
drives us
deprives us
if
peace
provides us
guides us
actions
enlight us
unite us
color
eludes us
includes us
the human race
color
separates us
infuriates us
words
divide us
suicide us
violence
drives us
deprives us
if
peace
provides us
guides us
actions
enlight us
unite us
color
eludes us
includes us
the human race
856 reads
2 Comments
FICTIONAL PROSE
Published
2nd Oct 2014 11:34pm
2nd Oct 2014 11:34pm
push
I paused for a moment to let my eyes adjust to the dim as I closed the flimsy windowless door behind me. I had never been here in the day and my favorite little bar seemed smaller this time.
Empty, best described the place, just one middle aged guy with a pitcher of beer adorned the dozen ragged circles of vinyl. “Bud Light.” I said just before the bartender could ask me. I sat down at the bar and the other patron gave me a quick nod and poured himself another.
Gulp, gulp, ah. My first beer was spent like a first paycheck. I didn't bother to set the glass down. I just...
Empty, best described the place, just one middle aged guy with a pitcher of beer adorned the dozen ragged circles of vinyl. “Bud Light.” I said just before the bartender could ask me. I sat down at the bar and the other patron gave me a quick nod and poured himself another.
Gulp, gulp, ah. My first beer was spent like a first paycheck. I didn't bother to set the glass down. I just...
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